In August 2011, Berlin’s major political parties were running their campaigns for the upcoming election of the House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus). Although the parties stand for different programs and values, there was no clear position on housing politics. To draw attention to this political dedifferentiation, Brandlhuber+ launched a poster-campaign: mixing the colors of the major political parties—SPD (Social Democratic Party), Bündnis 90 die Grünen (Alliance 90/The Greens), CDU (Christian Democratic Union), Die Linke (The Left) and FDP (Free Democratic Party)—in equal parts resulted in a brownish tone: RGB 165/96/36 CMYK 14/40/80/20. This color of political evenness was printed on posters and billposted in public space. The initiative enabled an intensive public discussion about the need for a repoliticization of housing issues in Berlin.

Special thanks: Laura Burlon, the Chermayeff’s, Anna-Rosa Krau, Isa Melsheimer, Thomas Schneider, Christian von Borries; thanks for delivering: Jonathan Pouthier; thanks for reading from the party programs: Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Tobias Hönig, Alexander Koch, Astrid Maniz, Nikolaus Oberhuber, Mario Pfeifer, Friedrich von Borries; thanks to everybody who participated by changed backgrounds on their websites & to Dorten and agenturfuerkrankemedien for providing rgb1659636.net.